It looks like something we will have to, but the only reason to do it is to meet regulations. We don't see it as a significant business.

All this discussion about zero emissions is nonsense. Nobody talks about the efficiency of how the battery is charged. It varies strongly from region to region, depending on how the energy is produced, nuclear, coal and so on, but even the best is not ahead of the internal combustion engine.

Diesel and CNG are the more obvious answers if CO2 is the focus. Both are more viable answers than hybrid. If they gave us a CO2 target instead of imposing technology then we would go that way.

If we want a realistic solution to emissions then the regulators need to be more honest in how they calculate emissions. Electric cars are not the answer.

The 2014 Maserati Ghibli -- not an EV

By his estimates electric vehicles have a plant-to-road lifecycle output of 86g of CO2/km in Europe, 110g/km in the USA, and 191g/km in China. In other words, he's arguing that EVs are far from zero emissions -- and he's right.

To be fair, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agency tasked with CAFE regulation, does somewhat take this into effect via its mpg-e (electric vehicle mpg) numbers. That said, the numbers do seem a bit skewed -- EVs are scoring 100 MPGe or more. To put that in context the 1.4L engine Chevy CRUZE from General Motors Comp. (GM) puts off only about 161 g/km, meaning that it may produce less emissions in regions like China where much of the power comes from "dirty" sources.

Bingo. Whether electricity for EVs are made my "dirty" energy or not, the same goes for ICE powered vehicles. But for gas burning vehicles, the pollution continues while for the EV it stops at the vehicle. Not sure why others are having such a hard time with understanding this.

You are referring to one type of batter which gives some validity to your point. The nickel based ones are bad for the environment. The lithium base ones like that found in Tesla vehicles are much better. Even the roadster's batteries were "lithium ion cells contain no heavy metals, nor any toxic materials." I hope we move to these type of batteries more quickly for all hybrids. Google tesla batter toxicity for more information.

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